Hyderabad:To facilitate handicrafts and handloom lovers across the country to buy authentic Telangana artifacts at the click of a button, Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K .T.Rama Rao launched the e-Golkonda shopping portal – https://golkondashop.telangana.gov.in/ – of Telangana State Handicrafts Development Corporation (TSHDC) here on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, KTR stated that his Government has made all the efforts to strengthen the Telangana Handicrafts Development Corporation.
The move to launch the eGolkonda shopping portal is to provide an e-marketing space across the globe for Telangana handicrafts and handlooms products, the
Minister said.
The eGolkonda portal is far ahead than many other private e-commerce websites in terms of design and operational convenience, he said.
Through the eGolkonda portal, handloom lovers from any part of the country can send the artefacts to any place across the country, he also mentioned that after obtaining necessary permissions from the central government, facilities will be made to ship the artefacts to any part of the globe.
People can view each artefact in a 3D format on the eGolkonda shopping portal which is accessible through mobiles as well, said KTR.
This portal will help in marketing and promoting Telangana handicrafts and handlooms on a large scale, the Minister said
The State Government is setting up a common facility centre, besides facilitating skill development and technical cooperation and marketing for the products developed by artesans and extending them all the required support, said Minister KTR.
Labour Minister Malla Reddy, Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, TSHDC Chairman B. Sampath Kumar and Textile Department secretary Shailaja Ramaiyer and others were present on the occasion.(UNI)